Art Center College of Design
The Art Center College of Design, known simply as “Art Center”, is a private college that has received reviews for being one of the leading art and design colleges in the world. Located in Pasadena, California, the college has two campuses: the Hillside campus, location of the college’s undergraduate programs; and the South campus located in Downtown Pasadena, location of the college’s Art Center’s Graduate Art and Media Design programs and its Public Programs.
The college is home to about 1,500 undergraduate students, 100 grad students, and more than 1,500 students enrolled in public programs, making the college’s total number of students a little over 3,000. Student to faculty ratio at the “Art Center” is 12 to 1 for undergraduate programs.
Art Center offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in 14 disciplines. All these programs are full-time programs. Those that cannot study full-time can opt for the college’s Night/Continuing Studies programs where they can take single, non-degree College-level classes. High school students can also enroll at the college and take classes in the Saturday High program.
The admissions process at the Art Center College of Design is competitive. Requirements for admissions are as follows:
• Application form
• An application fee ($45)
• Official high school transcript or GED results
• SAT or ACT scores
• Internet-based TOEFL score (80)
• Portfolio (Portfolio requirements differ for each major)
• Scholarship portfolio review
Applicants are required to choose among the available majors from the very start since freshmen students are required to take courses in line with their chosen major.
Published tuition and fees per term at Art Center is as follows:
Undergraduate Students
Tuition: $15,538
Universal Access Fee: $250
Graduate Students
Tuition: $16,673
Universal Access Fee: $250
Art Center does not provide room and board to students so living cost varies greatly depending on the choice of accommodations. For more information about financial aid, admissions or online learning opportunities such as online classes or distance education degree programs, please contact The Art Center College of Design.